The prices 6:16 are in Mexican Pesos not US Dollars, Mexico uses the same symbol as the US. The Caesar's Salad price is MEX$135, or about US$7.00 as of 25 SEP 2022.
@@chuz1532 When I first saw the menu, I saw $135 for a Caesar Salad... I though what? Is there Beluga Caviar in it or something? I didn't know the restaurant was in Mexico. There is a restaurant in New York City that covers a dessert in edible gold leaf - yup, you can actually eat gold.. it passes right through you. Now that is a pricy dessert... what a waste of gold. Now I remember, its: Serendipity 3, it is called the Golden Opulance Sundae (the desert has a Wikipedia page), it now cost about US$1,000. I never had it but their "Frozen Hot Chocolate" is delicious! OMG, they now offer a US$25,000 Frozen Haute Chocolate!!!.
I just did the conversion, and it says that a Filet Mignon meal will run you almost $17 US; does that seem right to you? I know things are MUCH cheaper in Mexico as opposed to the United States (I've only been in Mexico once, and that was 20 years ago), but even that price seems much lower than you'd expect at a 5 star dining establishment. Is my American idea of what things are worth clouding what things could be worth if we weren't always paying such a markup?
@@Ivegotwormsinme definitely. The butcher where I live, you can buy an entire filet for around 30-40 bucks i think. A restaurant could take that same filet, cut it into 4 or 5 steaks and charge 30-40 dollars per steak and thats without sides lol. Things are so marked up here for no reason. God forbid you go somewhere in LA...then its about 80 for a filet. Its insane.
In 1978, I was doing tableside Caesar salad for the Holiday Inn, and one of the differences was using a whole coddled egg, and also rubbing the wooden bowl with the garlic clove rather than putting raw garlic in the salad. Tableside cooking was fun and we got great tips. Flambé dinners and desserts were so popular then!
Mmm, as far as I know, you're using raw garlic whether you mince the garlic in the kitchen or smashing it in the bowl. There is no real chemical change in the garlic either way.
I like the people in the comments saying shit about how they’re doing it wrong and what not, like this isn’t the place that invented the fucking thing.
i agree that this is definitely the original and most likely the way they wish to make it but that doesnt rule out that you can still improve on it be it with ingredients or technique. So it wouldnt be wrong really but i see no reason why someone shouldnt be able to find some improvements in how they make theirs
The place invented nothing… Like Caesars brother it only mooches off his name and his invention. Caesars daughter Rosa tells a journalist how it was originally prepared. The Caesar salad they make today was Caesars brothers recipe (Alex Cardini) known as the aviator salad. Why not just close your mouth if you have no clue what you’re talking about? That sounds fair right?
@@smenard1107 you were the one throwing f bombs around and pretending like you know something lol. Caesars daughter Rosa recounts the original recipe. You got put on blast and still won’t shut up 🤫
Using the wooden bowl and tongs is kind of brilliant. To get that kind of emulsification in metal would require really vigorous whisking, but because the wood is comparably abrasive he can get away with a much gentler stirring motion. It looks more elegant and saves the server's arm so they can make it for several customers in a row without their arms falling off.
Good observation about the mechanics of making the dressing. I've heard that some restaurants reserve wooden salad bowls and tongs for making tableside Caesar salads; apparently, it's similar to "seasoning" cast iron in that the cooking surface adds to the flavour of the salad. I have a wooden spoon that has taken on the aroma of every pasta sauce I have ever made, but I'm not sure if it adds anything to any sauces I plan to make.
@@zachnies13 This is like saying you could just make bananas foster in the kitchen and bring it out to the customer. True, but completely missing the point. A dish like this (in this specific restaurant) is the table side preparation.
@@heffeff fun fact: wood cutting boards are more hygienic than plastic ones. So personally, I have no problem whatsoever eating from a wooden bowl. Heck, my family used to have some and no one got sick from them.
My brother-in-law used to make this when I was a kid and would eat at their place (his wife, my sis was 22 years older than me!). He had the large, standing wooden bowl prep & serving bowls and everything. It was sooooo good and like all children, I never truly appreciated his skill until much, much later. RIP, Harold!
Nice!...it's a bit nostalgic for me too....my grandad used to make this for me & my brothers & sisters wen we were kids. It was nice to read ur bit of nostalgia too.
This is exactly how I was taught to make it at the Watergate Hotel in DC more than 40 years ago. I still make it this way, except I use lemon juice instead of lime. It is so superior to the glop that passes for Caesar Salad in restaurants these days.
I hated Caesar salad as a kid. It always smelled terrible and looked like white vomit. One day, reluctantly, I was given one at Salvatore’s Restaurant in NY and it was very good. I realized then that it wasn’t Caesar salads that I hated… it was the dressing - everybody uses bottled mayonnaise dressing with too much parmesan cheese. I learned to make it myself and now it’s the only one I’ll touch. My recipe is somewhat similar to this, but I don’t use anchovies - Worcestershire sauce is already made with anchovies - so I found it redundant.
Been there. Salad is actually quite delicious. Was not disappointed as I thought I might be. They’ve stayed true to the quality and taste all these years.
Been here a few times, not only is it the original, but itt also the best Caesar's Salad I've ever had. Other dishes from their menu are also very good.
@@subho23x 135 pesos (was about 18 to 1 when this was made so a bargain at $6-7). Tijuana is not in Gavacholandia and while dollars are acceptable almost everywhere, they are not the official currency.
When I lived in SoCal, I used to come to TJ and have lunch at Caesar’s every so often. I’d go to the second floor where it tended to be quieter from the street below and just enjoy myself. I used to order the salad and quail. Marvelous food.
@@Morningv0dka funny enough for someone who lives in Tijuana that's kind of an expensive salad, it usually costs around $90 elsewhere, but you go there for the experience of eating it where it was created
on a trip to TJ with my family in 1977, a talented artist pencil sketched my portrait while eating my first Caesar Salad. It was sooo delicious. Great memory
I learned this in culinary school... But with a lemon...the lime actually makes more sense... I'll do that next time! Fantastic! Now its 20 pesos to the dollar... This is an absolute steal! Tip generously please!
My cousin sent me down a rabbit whole looking for this exact video. He was a server at Caesars palace casino and told me about this masterpiece..so I landed here thanks so much for sharing!!!!
I love the mixing process and how it follows a certain flow. Also how the romaine is tossed making sure the dressing picks up every aspect of the lettuce. A little art form which is enticing to watch.
What an incredible mind, who would have thought that simple ingredients in the right form and the right amount would lead to this. An absolute fantastic invention of flavors. Cheers .
Any cook worth half their salt. Anybody can take something simple and make it look difficult. This is a demonstration of how to make a vinaigrette with a few not even unusual ingredients. With anchovy and with egg yolk. Then there are American restaurants that train children by steps and not by comprehension of what makes this cop out no-ingredient having salad so excellent. I was asked what type of dressing I would like for my Caesar. Now, that's just funny.
@@CrispinFreemont lol what are you so upset about. You can rant all you want. The fact remains their Salad is world famous. They have high class and celebs that visit. You just a hater.
@@CrispinFreemont Think about this dish as a product of its time. Before we were spoiled for choice with innovative new restaurants and flavours this would have been quite groundbreaking. That would certainly explain its fame and longevity.
Spent many a night at a table set on the sidewalk on a warm summer night. Wonderful place, great staff and fond memories. Thanks for posting this video.
Nicely done. Very professional waiter. Giving the story, making the dressing, and tossing the romaine lettuce. This was a very personal experience for the couple.
We made it exactly like this at The Lincoln Underground in the 1970s except we used fresh made croutons. This is an amazing salad!! Beautiful restaurant, too!
This is wild.. I used to live in San Diego, and I've been to Avenida de Revolucion at least a dozen times. I never knew the original caesar's salad was there! Admittedly, I never even knew the Caesar's salad was invented in Tijuana. I just assumed Italy... TIL
The one and only way to make an authentic Caesar salad. If a restaurant doesn’t or won’t make this salad at your table I doubt it’s an authentic Caesar salad. If that happens I have no desire to order it - I’ll make it at home. Thank you very much for this fabulous video.
And if the restaurant wants 135$ for a salad i have no desire to eat at that restaurant at all:) This dish costs the restaurant a maximum of 5 dollars in ingredients, their prices are actually insane .....
Park Plaza Gardens used to make a good salad table side just like this. It was awesome. Great place to eat. Hope it is still open must dine there again on my next trip!
I sure didn't know it was from Mexico. I thought it was from Italy. I went to a place in 1968 that made Caesar salad just like you did and I have loved it since but no one will make it with egg yolk now. Thank you for refreshing my memory. I'm going to make it myself. Thank you sir.
@@jumpscare_jack7412 right but that don’t mean it’s Mexican or does it? If that’s the case then why so many Chinese / Mexican style dishes crated in USA is not counted as American food. If it counts where’s it’s created then ??? Seems like ppl flip flop back and forth when it suits them.
@@jumpscare_jack7412 just like when ppl were saying that in England the national dish is chicken TIKA Misalla, the argument often is that it doesn’t matter if it’s created in England because the person is Indian and all the flavors and style of cooking is Indian, it just so happened that the Indian creator had immigrated to England and the dish was created there when by all other accounts he would’ve been in India and the dish crated in India therefor it is an Indian fish and not English.
@@Timothee_Chalamet_CMBYN well actually, it is to the culturally enlightened. one example being how burritos, hard shell (Taco Bell) tacos, and nachos are not Mexican food. same applies to orange chicken and fortune cookies, it’s not Chinese, it was made here and many people who are Chinese will tell you so as well.
Note: I use to make table side in L.A. He used already minced garlic. If you don’t have. Take cloves and a bit of table salt and pulverize in the bottom of bowl using the salt as an abrasive. Brings out more of the garlic oils into the dish Vs your cutting board.
Cool! I recently taken a liking to try a chef course idk how to say it in English but school for chef basically, although I'm 26 maybe it's too late, but I think so interesting to learn
Ive had this Caesar salad in Mexico just the way this man prepared it and loved it. My only complaint with this one is that I like large pieces of shaved Parmesan and a little more crouton bread
I remember when I was first spreading my wings as an adult and I got to eat at high-end restaurants for the first time. One of joys was having Caesar Salad prepared table side (I'm thinking London Grill in the Benson Hotel in Portland in the mid-60s).. Another treat was table-side prep of Cherries Jubilee or Bananas Foster both of which were flamed. Delicious. Good food never goes out of style.
@@shallwegettit7874 There will always be places that provide food and an experience that keeps bringing us back. I confess as an 80 year old, I do enjoy remembering moments from my younger days that were special to me.
In case anyone is worried about the raw egg yolk: notice how the yolk, lime juice, and olive oil in this recipe basically makes a simple mayonaise. So, substitute them with spoonful of mayo from your fridge. Squeeze in a bit of extra lime or lemon juice to taste. The end result is still far superior to store-bought Caesar dressing.
That menu's prices had better be in pesos, because what I'm reading at 6:18 is that the Caesar salad I saw prepared cost $135.00, which is absolutely ridiculous.
@5:35-5:48 … notice how the waiter coated the first couple romaine lettuces with grated parmesan BEFORE piling on the rest of the lettuces to ensure that all lettuce get equal distribution of grated cheese 🎉 the attention to detail to amazing, makes me happy for no reason lmao
I laughed so hard with this, because in Greece if you ask for a Caesar's salad they put a mayo+mustard+ketchup+olive oil dressing, lettuce, tomato, hard-boiled egg, ham in cubes or bacon or chicken and slices of toast cheese or Parmigiano. The dressing has not the slightest resemblance to what I saw here. Thanks for the enlightenment!!!
That is because you don’t know where to eat. Any above the average restaurant would make you something to the original. What you are talking about is probably from some Local pizzaria owned by someone that had the capital and not the experience or the right people to build a menu.
@@Sully365 Prior to the Buffalo Wing enterprise, chicken wings were cheap as cat food, because it was more trouble than it was worth to separate the edible part from the inedible part, which was substantial. Bartenders discovered that a drunk will do the work himself if he's hungry and doesn't want to leave his spot at the bar. That's the way that went down, with hot pepper sauce and bleu cheese dressing.
@@grayforester yep.. my grandparents had a farm and never did anything with the chicken wings... Too much trouble. Buffalo wings are still one of my top five favorite foods... I actually miss the 90s bojangles version
I was taught how to make & serve this dish as a table side presentation when I was in chef's training by a very experienced front of the house instructor. The recipe uses a coddled egg (not raw) to build the dressing. The anchovy, or umami flavor if you will, originally just came from the Worcestershire sauce, anchovies or anchovy paste were added to the preparation in later years to boost the dish.
I did this when I shifted through FOH in culinary school, and was able to tell the story of the origin to my table in the time it took me to make it. However, one Q - I've seen several sources say that anchovies were NOT in his original salad, but he used Worchestershire sauce, of which anchovies were an ingredient... so, when LA chefs were told of this, tried it and then tried to recreate it, added in the anchovies.... anyone have clarification on that part?
Having a nice roomy bowl like this is key to any salad. You are able to thoroughly dress all the greens with less wasted dressing. Salad dressing shouldnt be a condiment like catchup.
Has Caesar's restaurant always featured so many Italian dishes on the menu, or did it evolve that way as Caesar dressing became associated with Italian food?
Had an art teacher tell me ,as he held a ball of clay and a violin "art is taking the simplest of items and creating something with them for impact" I believe that statement applies to that salad 100% . That Salad is art !
The prices 6:16 are in Mexican Pesos not US Dollars, Mexico uses the same symbol as the US. The Caesar's Salad price is MEX$135, or about US$7.00 as of 25 SEP 2022.
Thanks for letting me know because I almost fainted!
ty for ur update sir 🙂
@@chuz1532 When I first saw the menu, I saw $135 for a Caesar Salad... I though what? Is there Beluga Caviar in it or something? I didn't know the restaurant was in Mexico. There is a restaurant in New York City that covers a dessert in edible gold leaf - yup, you can actually eat gold.. it passes right through you. Now that is a pricy dessert... what a waste of gold. Now I remember, its: Serendipity 3, it is called the Golden Opulance Sundae (the desert has a Wikipedia page), it now cost about US$1,000. I never had it but their "Frozen Hot Chocolate" is delicious! OMG, they now offer a US$25,000 Frozen Haute Chocolate!!!.
@@Theeightmilebend Me too, see my comment to Chuz
Thanks
The prices are in mexican pesos, 135 pesos s
Is less than 7 USD.
I just did the conversion, and it says that a Filet Mignon meal will run you almost $17 US; does that seem right to you? I know things are MUCH cheaper in Mexico as opposed to the United States (I've only been in Mexico once, and that was 20 years ago), but even that price seems much lower than you'd expect at a 5 star dining establishment. Is my American idea of what things are worth clouding what things could be worth if we weren't always paying such a markup?
@@Ivegotwormsinme definitely. The butcher where I live, you can buy an entire filet for around 30-40 bucks i think. A restaurant could take that same filet, cut it into 4 or 5 steaks and charge 30-40 dollars per steak and thats without sides lol. Things are so marked up here for no reason. God forbid you go somewhere in LA...then its about 80 for a filet. Its insane.
I almost had a heart attack.
OMG I THOUGHT ITS $135 in USD
oh damn thats actually a great price lol
In 1978, I was doing tableside Caesar salad for the Holiday Inn, and one of the differences was using a whole coddled egg, and also rubbing the wooden bowl with the garlic clove rather than putting raw garlic in the salad. Tableside cooking was fun and we got great tips. Flambé dinners and desserts were so popular then!
Mmm, as far as I know, you're using raw garlic whether you mince the garlic in the kitchen or smashing it in the bowl. There is no real chemical change in the garlic either way.
Me who says never enough time in the day watches 8 min video of guy making a salad.
now you know how to make a delicious salad!
And then to find out that it's $135.00!
@@schullieringer that would be in pesos!
Around 6.50$
This comment tho 😭
I like the people in the comments saying shit about how they’re doing it wrong and what not, like this isn’t the place that invented the fucking thing.
i agree that this is definitely the original and most likely the way they wish to make it but that doesnt rule out that you can still improve on it be it with ingredients or technique. So it wouldnt be wrong really but i see no reason why someone shouldnt be able to find some improvements in how they make theirs
@@HeartTheBacon improving something doesn't justify calling the original "wrong."
The place invented nothing… Like Caesars brother it only mooches off his name and his invention. Caesars daughter Rosa tells a journalist how it was originally prepared. The Caesar salad they make today was Caesars brothers recipe (Alex Cardini) known as the aviator salad.
Why not just close your mouth if you have no clue what you’re talking about? That sounds fair right?
@@jayquick6520 watch out we got a tough guy here…
@@smenard1107 you were the one throwing f bombs around and pretending like you know something lol. Caesars daughter Rosa recounts the original recipe. You got put on blast and still won’t shut up 🤫
On my wife and I's honeymoon in Cabo, we ate a seafood restaurant that did this for us one night. The single best cesar salad I've ever had.
This is why I dress my mixing bowl, not my salad.
that reference.
BABATUNDE AYOOO!
@@ilikelobsters.2376 what reference
@@norpriest521 the guy who made why i season my cutting board
I have had salads prepared both ways and there is no difference. Lol. It tastes exactly the same. But no shade, you do you. Take care.
Using the wooden bowl and tongs is kind of brilliant. To get that kind of emulsification in metal would require really vigorous whisking, but because the wood is comparably abrasive he can get away with a much gentler stirring motion. It looks more elegant and saves the server's arm so they can make it for several customers in a row without their arms falling off.
And kind of super bacterial too 😂
Good observation about the mechanics of making the dressing. I've heard that some restaurants reserve wooden salad bowls and tongs for making tableside Caesar salads; apparently, it's similar to "seasoning" cast iron in that the cooking surface adds to the flavour of the salad. I have a wooden spoon that has taken on the aroma of every pasta sauce I have ever made, but I'm not sure if it adds anything to any sauces I plan to make.
Or, you know, prepare the sauce ahead of time in the morning.
@@zachnies13 This is like saying you could just make bananas foster in the kitchen and bring it out to the customer. True, but completely missing the point. A dish like this (in this specific restaurant) is the table side preparation.
@@heffeff fun fact: wood cutting boards are more hygienic than plastic ones. So personally, I have no problem whatsoever eating from a wooden bowl. Heck, my family used to have some and no one got sick from them.
Best Caesar salad I've had in my life!!! I can't wait to go back.
My brother-in-law used to make this when I was a kid and would eat at their place (his wife, my sis was 22 years older than me!). He had the large, standing wooden bowl prep & serving bowls and everything. It was sooooo good and like all children, I never truly appreciated his skill until much, much later. RIP, Harold!
Sounds like a true gourmet. It's great when people put real love and effort in preparing a meal for friends, family or even strangers.
Great story
Nice!...it's a bit nostalgic for me too....my grandad used to make this for me & my brothers & sisters wen we were kids. It was nice to read ur bit of nostalgia too.
Did he charge you 200 dollars for a feed also?
Sounds like Harold treated you right…rip Harold…
I really like that he put parmesan cheese after each layer of lettuce, MY MAN lol
I know! He’s out here building layers of flavor
Veteran move
i was pleased by that too
@@johnnydaytona69 😊
I never thought I would ever enjoy salads, but Caesar's dressing really is top tier
I actually have this recipe and visited decades ago and met Ceasar and still have his business card
@Domen don’t be silly. She clearly means Julio Cesar Chavez. Probably around the time he fought that dude that wears women’s clothes
Good for u
@@khantin6526 you are salty lol
Must have been quite a while ago! Signore Cesare passed in 1956. Good thing he gave you his business card.
Cesare Cardini died in 1956, I doubt you met him. Why would you even lie about such a thing?
I haven’t had a Caesar salad made table side in years. Miss that. Also, no one ever believes me when I tell them it was invented in Mexico.
By an Italian though so it doesn't really matter, blood is all that matters
@@Nutmegp it was made in Mexico tho
An Italian living in Mexico made it most people think it was an Italian that made it in Italy
It kinda does matter
@@Nutmegp tell that to adoptive parents and siblings
@City Nat I meant it in the sense that Italians are the one who deserve the credit for the invention, not Mexicans.
@@JapaneseJim even adoptees share blood with those of the same stock as them, shared ethnicity/race isn't as important as family but it's important.
Beautiful and "simple" dish. Thanks for the video.
It's always interesting watching people who know what they're doing.
Its also interesting watching people who don’t know what they are doing
both is good
All he did was make dressing lol. This is the equivalent of putting a little bit of dressing on your salad.
so is it interesting when I know I'm fucking up my life?
@@b.e.r.nnetwork8251 Errr... no.
This is exactly how I was taught to make it at the Watergate Hotel in DC more than 40 years ago. I still make it this way, except I use lemon juice instead of lime. It is so superior to the glop that passes for Caesar Salad in restaurants these days.
Absolutely. The anchovies and high quality parm really make it something unique. Store bought varieties and many restaurants won’t put in that effort
I would use lemon too. Thanks for that input
Hi, would the ansjovis be canned or fresh? And is it chopped? Would love to make this salad once
@@djvincon from a jar of good quality anchovies packed in oil.
I hated Caesar salad as a kid. It always smelled terrible and looked like white vomit. One day, reluctantly, I was given one at Salvatore’s Restaurant in NY and it was very good. I realized then that it wasn’t Caesar salads that I hated… it was the dressing - everybody uses bottled mayonnaise dressing with too much parmesan cheese.
I learned to make it myself and now it’s the only one I’ll touch. My recipe is somewhat similar to this, but I don’t use anchovies - Worcestershire sauce is already made with anchovies - so I found it redundant.
Been there. Salad is actually quite delicious. Was not disappointed as I thought I might be. They’ve stayed true to the quality and taste all these years.
It's sad that you went to a restaurant expecting to be disappointed. 😢
@@mikieanthony777 Low expectations result in pleasant surprises!
Been here a few times, not only is it the original, but itt also the best Caesar's Salad I've ever had. Other dishes from their menu are also very good.
Price? 135 USD?
@@subho23x 135 pesos (was about 18 to 1 when this was made so a bargain at $6-7). Tijuana is not in Gavacholandia and while dollars are acceptable almost everywhere, they are not the official currency.
When I lived in SoCal, I used to come to TJ and have lunch at Caesar’s every so often. I’d go to the second floor where it tended to be quieter from the street below and just enjoy myself. I used to order the salad and quail. Marvelous food.
I was fortunate to have this at the Hilton in Barbados in 1991, my mouth watered as it was prepared,lol
Once I realized the prices were in Pesos and not Dollars, I added this amazing looking place to my list. Next time I'm in Tijuana, I'll check it out.
Lol when I saw a $135 salad I had to check out the conversion too. In USD the prices are almost too cheap.
I know I was freaking out that it was $135 buck!
@@Morningv0dka funny enough for someone who lives in Tijuana that's kind of an expensive salad, it usually costs around $90 elsewhere, but you go there for the experience of eating it where it was created
135 pesos = 6.5 dollars
@@Morningv0dka not even 7$ on the other hand it is 5 leaves of lettus, dressing and some bread
You have to admire the elegance and technique of the guy preparing the salad ! That looked awsome !
on a trip to TJ with my family in 1977, a talented artist pencil sketched my portrait while eating my first Caesar Salad. It was sooo delicious. Great memory
Weird flex
I learned this in culinary school... But with a lemon...the lime actually makes more sense... I'll do that next time! Fantastic! Now its 20 pesos to the dollar... This is an absolute steal! Tip generously please!
My cousin sent me down a rabbit whole looking for this exact video. He was a server at Caesars palace casino and told me about this masterpiece..so I landed here thanks so much for sharing!!!!
Dang ma you looking hella thick.
Kind of weird when guys talk like that and say ma...so you are into your mom 😂😂😂😂😂
At least he didn’t send you down half a rabbit.
@@wojciechkowcz5303 😉 Thank you....
@@peterjones9317 oh yea? what's so wrong about that?
My friend Norman told me a mom is a boys best friend!
it's incredible how the whole process really makes you want a salad lol
I love the mixing process and how it follows a certain flow. Also how the romaine is tossed making sure the dressing picks up every aspect of the lettuce. A little art form which is enticing to watch.
What an incredible mind, who would have thought that simple ingredients in the right form and the right amount would lead to this. An absolute fantastic invention of flavors. Cheers .
Any cook worth half their salt. Anybody can take something simple and make it look difficult. This is a demonstration of how to make a vinaigrette with a few not even unusual ingredients. With anchovy and with egg yolk. Then there are American restaurants that train children by steps and not by comprehension of what makes this cop out no-ingredient having salad so excellent. I was asked what type of dressing I would like for my Caesar. Now, that's just funny.
@@CrispinFreemont lol what are you so upset about. You can rant all you want. The fact remains their Salad is world famous. They have high class and celebs that visit. You just a hater.
The entire nation of Italy, dude.
@@CrispinFreemont Think about this dish as a product of its time. Before we were spoiled for choice with innovative new restaurants and flavours this would have been quite groundbreaking. That would certainly explain its fame and longevity.
@@nikolai3620 Sorry man, didn't mean to offend, cheers.
i like the elegance and the addition of Nina in the background! 😊
I'm starting to think that the Hellmann's Caesar's Dressing that I buy, wich comes in a plastic bottle, is not the right sauce.
Ceasar Sauce not supposed to be White lmao, looks more like a Ranch Ceasar than a Real Ceasar Dressing
I'm of Irish/English descent, as pasty as they come and even i can tell you; Hellman's is not the right anything.
You rigth pal!
😂😂😂
You’re just starting to realize that now? Oy vey!
Spent many a night at a table set on the sidewalk on a warm summer night. Wonderful place, great staff and fond memories. Thanks for posting this video.
I’ve been making my Caesar dressing the same way for over 20 years. I use lemon instead of lime. And lots of fresh cracked pepper.
So not the same exact ingredients ?
What's the difference between using lemon or lime juice? Is one more or less acidic than the other? Can you taste the difference?
Nicely done. Very professional waiter. Giving the story, making the dressing, and tossing the romaine lettuce. This was a very personal experience for the couple.
All ge forgot to do was toss my salad but maybe that costs extra
The Legend continues! Visited in the mid 70s when the decor was very dark.
Best salad dressing in the world; been making it this way for 50+ years!
My mouth was watering the whole time that’s looks amazing.
We made it exactly like this at The Lincoln Underground in the 1970s except we used fresh made croutons. This is an amazing salad!! Beautiful restaurant, too!
This is wild.. I used to live in San Diego, and I've been to Avenida de Revolucion at least a dozen times. I never knew the original caesar's salad was there! Admittedly, I never even knew the Caesar's salad was invented in Tijuana. I just assumed Italy... TIL
Well the guy who made it was an Italian in Mexico
I had the salad at that restaurant years ago. It’s my favorite salad
Lovely elegant young man. Thank you for sharing
I always love a good, fresh Caesar salad. Thank this place so much for inventing it ;)
TH-cam algorithm never ceased to amaze us every now n then doesnt it.
Caeased*
Get a job
The one and only way to make an authentic Caesar salad. If a restaurant doesn’t or won’t make this salad at your table I doubt it’s an authentic Caesar salad. If that happens I have no desire to order it - I’ll make it at home.
Thank you very much for this fabulous video.
And if the restaurant wants 135$ for a salad i have no desire to eat at that restaurant at all:) This dish costs the restaurant a maximum of 5 dollars in ingredients, their prices are actually insane .....
@@dr.doppeldecker3832 135 is like $7 in us dollars
@@michaelhorgan9525 that sounds much better, i thought it was American Dollar since i just saw the $ :)
Had the pleasure of dining there while working on a project in Tijuana. Had the salad prepped for a party of 12...so the oil just kept on pouring!
135 USD FOR IT?
@@subho23x This is Mexico, it's pesos. It's less than 7 USD.
Had this at Caesar's when I was 18...it's the only style of this salad I love.
Park Plaza Gardens used to make a good salad table side just like this. It was awesome. Great place to eat. Hope it is still open must dine there again on my next trip!
LOL! Prices are in Pesos. Had a significant jaw drop till I worked it out.
Looks like dollars to me.
@@TheRealMisterJ They use the same symbol for the currency. It comes out to around $7 US for that salad.
WHEW!!!!
Thanks for that. I was VERY confused about how I could create a 200 dollar salad for a fraction of that!
Oh damn thanks for letting us know, I almost had a stroke seeing that a salad costs more than prime rib lol
You have to have a 20 yr old wooden bowl to make it taste the best
If you like Caesar salad, you have a wooden bowl dedicated to making it. I know I do!
The wood bowls actually soak up extra moisture from the salad.
That’s a god damn lie
Absolutely
This whole thing makes me want to cry for joy and I know exactly how it should taste
Elegantly prepared by a true professional!
I had a ceaser salad made in front of me in an Italian restaurant and it was the best salad I've ever had.
I eat at an excellent restaurant in Sta. Mon. that still makes their Caesar tableside. It’s excellent!
It looks wonderful.
Thank you for this great video.
Jeff
Absolute perfection, thank you Caesar 😊
I sure didn't know it was from Mexico. I thought it was from Italy. I went to a place in 1968 that made Caesar salad just like you did and I have loved it since but no one will make it with egg yolk now. Thank you for refreshing my memory. I'm going to make it myself. Thank you sir.
Its made by an Italian in Mexico with Italian flavors.
@@Timothee_Chalamet_CMBYN the ingredients and business from Mexico.
@@jumpscare_jack7412 right but that don’t mean it’s Mexican or does it? If that’s the case then why so many Chinese / Mexican style dishes crated in USA is not counted as American food. If it counts where’s it’s created then ??? Seems like ppl flip flop back and forth when it suits them.
@@jumpscare_jack7412 just like when ppl were saying that in England the national dish is chicken TIKA Misalla, the argument often is that it doesn’t matter if it’s created in England because the person is Indian and all the flavors and style of cooking is Indian, it just so happened that the Indian creator had immigrated to England and the dish was created there when by all other accounts he would’ve been in India and the dish crated in India therefor it is an Indian fish and not English.
@@Timothee_Chalamet_CMBYN well actually, it is to the culturally enlightened. one example being how burritos, hard shell (Taco Bell) tacos, and nachos are not Mexican food. same applies to orange chicken and fortune cookies, it’s not Chinese, it was made here and many people who are Chinese will tell you so as well.
Pretty much had a heart attack when I saw the prices but then quickly realised the deal. Looks like a good salad.
it's in Mexican Pesos surely, as it's in Mexico. might be wrong though, but 135 pesos is 6.77 USD
Note: I use to make table side in L.A.
He used already minced garlic. If you don’t have. Take cloves and a bit of table salt and pulverize in the bottom of bowl using the salt as an abrasive. Brings out more of the garlic oils into the dish Vs your cutting board.
Absolutely correct -that is the best way to eat fresh raw garlic...
Garlic clove, anchovy filet, and salt, pulverize
Thanks for the Biz Mark-Key
That is a great technique. Better with Kosher salt though & very little of it because anchovies are very salty already.
@@skyeangelofdeath7363 coarse sea salt, 4 or 5 grains is all thats needed.
This is exactly the way I was taught during my chefs apprenticeship 38 years ago,
My hand made wood bowl at home has a lot of wear in it.
Cool! I recently taken a liking to try a chef course idk how to say it in English but school for chef basically, although I'm 26 maybe it's too late, but I think so interesting to learn
@@Pri-ze7fv never too late!
Ive had this Caesar salad in Mexico just the way this man prepared it and loved it. My only complaint with this one is that I like large pieces of shaved Parmesan and a little more crouton bread
I remember when I was first spreading my wings as an adult and I got to eat at high-end restaurants for the first time. One of joys was having Caesar Salad prepared table side (I'm thinking London Grill in the Benson Hotel in Portland in the mid-60s).. Another treat was table-side prep of Cherries Jubilee or Bananas Foster both of which were flamed. Delicious. Good food never goes out of style.
Wonder if those places are still up and running
@@shallwegettit7874 There will always be places that provide food and an experience that keeps bringing us back.
I confess as an 80 year old, I do enjoy remembering moments from my younger days that were special to me.
In case anyone is worried about the raw egg yolk: notice how the yolk, lime juice, and olive oil in this recipe basically makes a simple mayonaise. So, substitute them with spoonful of mayo from your fridge. Squeeze in a bit of extra lime or lemon juice to taste. The end result is still far superior to store-bought Caesar dressing.
But Mayo is literally raw egg yolk, plua other stuff.
Rather become educated that raw egg yolk is fine.
@@robertlee5456 Are you retarded?
Yes, if your quality of food is trash, maybe.
Japan eats a shitload of raw chicken. Noone dies.
Can also buy pasteurized eggs.
In Washington state you can no longer serve it, even coddled.
The acid from the lime would temper the yolk. It is no more dangerous then having a egg sunnyside up. First world problems.
Awesome video! To me, a Caesars salad was just a salad. Now I can appreciate it as a small piece of history.
The love put into that dish is incredible, very inspiring.
That menu's prices had better be in pesos, because what I'm reading at 6:18 is that the Caesar salad I saw prepared cost $135.00, which is absolutely ridiculous.
Mex$
I know it’s in English but I’m pretty sure the currency is not in dollars…
Nope. Mexican currency. It would be around $6.69 USD.
Phew
I love being told the original didn't have anchovies and then watch the restaurant that created it use anchovies. Thank you for confirming this for me
This guy is like Jesus he Feeds 5000 men with 5 loafs of bread and 2 Fish.
@New Account your Pablo miranda the stupid server making the salad. Learn how to spell.
,,,hahahahaha....in your post you wrote of "Jesus"...because the video is about Mexico I read it not as "Jesus" but as "Hey Zues".
@@Anthony-gk5dc jesus aka chui
Except, If you read the menu at the end, it costs 135.
@@zanedietlin7645 hey dummie is $135 in Mexican pesos. That's about $6.50 USD. why do people keep mentioning this
Me:-Should have been slept by now
TH-cam:-Do you want to see a man preparing Caesar salad
Me:-Yea...why not
@5:35-5:48 … notice how the waiter coated the first couple romaine lettuces with grated parmesan BEFORE piling on the rest of the lettuces to ensure that all lettuce get equal distribution of grated cheese 🎉 the attention to detail to amazing, makes me happy for no reason lmao
I laughed so hard with this, because in Greece if you ask for a Caesar's salad
they put a mayo+mustard+ketchup+olive oil dressing, lettuce, tomato, hard-boiled egg,
ham in cubes or bacon or chicken and slices of toast cheese or Parmigiano.
The dressing has not the slightest resemblance to what I saw here.
Thanks for the enlightenment!!!
Lol!...
In US thats a Chef Salad
greek salad however, is insane
That's a Cobb salad
That is because you don’t know where to eat. Any above the average restaurant would make you something to the original. What you are talking about is probably from some Local pizzaria owned by someone that had the capital and not the experience or the right people to build a menu.
What am I doing with my life it’s 1am and I’m watching some guy make salad.
Seriously why ??
It's 1:43AM here now 🧐🤔
@@sohrab3637 lol FR.
I’d say you’re doing something right.
It is honestly a brilliant recipe.
I'm pretty sure the prices are in pesos so like 7.00 for the salad...
Oh, lol I almost fell over when I thought is was us dollars. lol
Oh whew I was so angry at that price
@@ymehair me too !!!!!!!!!!!!
@@chilljustchill123 135 dollars for a salad???
Thank you, I was wondering why everything is so expensive.
Bless you
I was only looking for a good dressing recipe but found love 😂
Wow that aviator salad looks amazing. Alex would be proud
I wonder what would happen if you went all the way there and asked for a Cobb salad?
They'd give you a Waldorf
The story goes that poor chef Caesar had gotten his ass gained by hoards of guests, and these were the only thing he still had in his coolers.
It sounds similar to the origin story of Buffalo Wings.
@@petemichael4512 GLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORIOUS buffalo wings. one of my top 5 meals
@@Sully365 Prior to the Buffalo Wing enterprise, chicken wings were cheap as cat food, because it was more trouble than it was worth to separate the edible part from the inedible part, which was substantial. Bartenders discovered that a drunk will do the work himself if he's hungry and doesn't want to leave his spot at the bar. That's the way that went down, with hot pepper sauce and bleu cheese dressing.
@@grayforester yep.. my grandparents had a farm and never did anything with the chicken wings... Too much trouble.
Buffalo wings are still one of my top five favorite foods...
I actually miss the 90s bojangles version
You americans are so picky eater lol 😃
Wow! Have to go there for the original experience. Greetings from germany
Think about how simple that looked and is….
And the delight he took in preparing it.
It’s the truly simple pleasures of life..
Everyone the price is in bitcoin so about $7.3 million usd.
I was taught how to make & serve this dish as a table side presentation when I was in chef's training by a very experienced front of the house instructor. The recipe uses a coddled egg (not raw) to build the dressing. The anchovy, or umami flavor if you will, originally just came from the Worcestershire sauce, anchovies or anchovy paste were added to the preparation in later years to boost the dish.
anchovies are a must
Wonderful video thank you
I did this when I shifted through FOH in culinary school, and was able to tell the story of the origin to my table in the time it took me to make it.
However, one Q - I've seen several sources say that anchovies were NOT in his original salad, but he used Worchestershire sauce, of which anchovies were an ingredient... so, when LA chefs were told of this, tried it and then tried to recreate it, added in the anchovies.... anyone have clarification on that part?
Interesting! I always wondered why the original creator randomly added anchovies to it.....maybe he didn't after all?
Having a nice roomy bowl like this is key to any salad. You are able to thoroughly dress all the greens with less wasted dressing. Salad dressing shouldnt be a condiment like catchup.
excellent job, looks wonderful
Can someone please give me a list of sons playing in the background? Good lord
First 5 minutes is Nina Simone Love Me Or Leave Me
@@MalitaJones thank you!
@@MalitaJones ty
I absolutely love Caesar’s Salad. I have an excellent one for $12 before my steak dinner.
Yum. Dope presentation.
I can assume those prices aren’t in US Dollars.
I'd very well hope not.
the current exchange rate, 26 Mar. 2021, is $ 4.85 to 100 Pesos.
Today a Peso is worth just under a nickel. Just divide by 20 :P
@@terrysullivan1992 its $20.59 peso to $1.00 usd $100MxPe=$4.86 rounded to the nearest cent.
$135 for a plate of salad 🤔
Love watching guys toss salads
I must be too accustomed to costco Caesar's salad, because that is probably one fourth of a portion for me.
I know the Caesar salad was not $175 U.S. dollars. That was in Mexico, so how much did it really cost?
A dollar is nearly 20 pesos, so those are like 9 bucks.
I applauded. Beautiful presentation.
So... that's how they tossed salads back in the day. Interesting.
I see what you did here
Bravo sir. Bravo
🤣😁
He a pro level salad-tosser
@@cornflakeSmuggler this man obviously has plenty of experience. His technique is second nature to him. A true pleasure to watch.
Has Caesar's restaurant always featured so many Italian dishes on the menu, or did it evolve that way as Caesar dressing became associated with Italian food?
The owner was Italian so I believe it has always had Italian food
It’s always nice when people prepare my salad.
To then be tossed vigorously?
Had an art teacher tell me ,as he held a ball of clay and a violin "art is taking the simplest of items and creating something with them for impact" I believe that statement applies to that salad 100% . That Salad is art !
Not really no
Bruh I had a heart attack when I saw the price until I realized it was Mexico..
That would be cool to go to a restaurant with so much history
This is in Pesos. I was gonna be like that is the most expensive Salad I have seen.
Look into a beluga caviar Olivier salad you will sweat at the sight of it
4:30 just turn the plate upside down bud.
You do aware that one rule of the chef de lang is slow as possible while fast as possible and fast as possible while slow as possible.